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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there was really a teacher shortage, [b]teachers should trade tenure protections for higher pay[/b]. No district is going to needlessly fire a good teacher if there's a shortage, and Republicans would probably get behind it, particularly if it included a pay-for-performance element.[/quote]

That has not worked well for teachers in private schools or charters. A friend taught at a charter in another city. She was warned that the board liked to cycle out even good teachers every three years so no one cost too much. [/quote]

That only works if there's not a shortage.[/quote]

The part that I'll add to this is that it doesn't make sense that teachers with experience get paid substantially more than new teachers. An MCPS teacher can nearly double their salary in real dollars over their career. Is a teacher with 20 years of experience really twice as efficient? Can they teach twice as many kids, or have them learn twice as much?

Some increase makes sense, but definitely not anything close to 2x.  That's the result of the teachers unions screwing over new teachers. Another example of boomers sticking it to millennials and generation Xers.[/quote]

This is an absolutely ridiculous sentiment.  Of COURSE someone with 20 years of experience should be paid twice as much as entry level.  Every other salary-based profession works this way so they can retain people in the profession and hire/keep trained people in the job.  Otherwise the person is churning their wheels for no reward over a career path.  Would you want to be at barely more than you make at entry level 20 years from now?  Why in the world would you go into a profession like that??  And spend tons of money on a college degree to do it??  I’m not even a teacher and can easily see how foolhardy that would be. [/quote]

So, equal pay for equal work shouldn't apply to age?  At least, not if the young person is the one getting screwed?

There aren't many professions where you can double your salary without taking on additional responsibilities or being able to otherwise demonstrate additional value. The only exceptions I can think of are union jobs. It makes no sense, and only happens where established union workers are happy to throw young people under the bus.[/quote]

In teaching first year teachers aren't always doing the same amount of work. Because they're new they are often relying on their coworkers to share material, resources, etc.  Older teachers spend a lot of time meeting with new teachers to help support them, which is not part of their job requirement.

I understand your logic, but in reality it's not often the case.[/quote]

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